Learning objectives 本堂课学习目标
Welcome to the unit + talk about your new school life;
Read the speech “Realizing your potential”(Reading strategies:
Pre-reading→While-reading →the structure of the whole
passage→ How to summarize the main idea of each part )(Check for yesterday’s homework as well on Page 4 A1 A2)
Confucius
学而不思则罔
思而不学则殆
Learning
Thinking
Study without thinking leads to confusion.
Thinking without study ends in puzzlement.
Unit1
Back to school
Lead-in
1. How do you feel these days at Senior High School?
Questionnaire
happy
高兴的
nervous
紧张的
excited
兴奋的
curious
好奇的
proud
自豪的
......
Watch the video and finish the following exercise.
Wendy:
?feels a bit nervous;
?plans to work harder in her studies and join the
Stephen:
?feels
?plans to spend more time on
Watch a video
Wendy:
feels a bit nervous;
plans to work harder in her studies and join the ________.
Stephen:
feels_______;
plans to spend more time on _______________.
art club
excited
English and Physics
What’s your plan at senior high school?
Questions
Reading
Realizing your
potential
Pre-reading
Question 2: What do you think the principal will talk about in his speech?
a speech by the principal on the first day of term
Task1: Read the speech transcript and find the topic sentence for each paragraph.
Fast reading
Para.6: you alone are responsible for realizing your great potential.
Topic Sentence
Para.1: Welcome to senior high school!
Para.2: I can't wait to describe to you what senior high school life is like.
Para.3: Put simply, potential is your natural ability that can be developed when you try hard enough.
Para.4: To fully realize your potential, it is important for you to make the most of our school resources.
Para.5: Of equal importance are good study habits, useful skills and a positive attitude.
Tip 1 Topic Sentence
A topic sentence tells the reader the main idea of a paragraph.
It is usually at the beginning of a paragraph, but it may also be in the middle or at the end of a paragraph.
Task2: How many parts can this speech be divided into? Please use some words to summarize the main idea of each part.
Fast reading
{5940675A-B579-460E-94D1-54222C63F5DA}Para. 1
Welcome to senior high school!
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
Para. 5
Para. 6
I can’t wait to describe to you what senior high school life is like.
Put simply, potential is your natural ability that can be developed when you try hard enough.
To fully realize your potential, it is important for you to make the most of our school resources.
Of equal importance are good study habits, useful skills and a positive attitude.
Be confident, do your best and make us proud.
Introduction
Definition(定义) of ____________
____________ to realize potential
Description of .
ways to realize potential
Conclusion
The outline(大纲) of the speech
school life
potential
Ways
Introduction
Body
Conclusion
Introduction
Body
Conclusion
Structure of a speech
Tip 2
Task3: Read the speech again carefully and answer the following questions.
Careful reading
Question 1
Question2
Question 3
Question 4
Read the speech transcript again and answer the following questions.
What challenges will students face at senior high school?
What does the principal have confidence in?
What school resources are mentioned in the speech?
What positive attitude should students develop?
1. What challenges will students face at senior high school?
A new environment, new knowlege and new ways of thinking.
2. What does the principal have confidence in?
Students' ability to make a difference to their family, to their community and to their country.
3. What school resources are mentioned in the speech?
Classes, teachers, classmates, school facilities and school activities
4. What positive attitude should students develop?
They should always look on the bright side and never lose hope, even in different situations.
Detail Reading
Parallel structure(排比)
It uses the same pattern of words or sentences to add balance to sentences and make the language in speech more powerful
and effective.
Today is the start of ______________________,
the start of ______________________,
the start of ______________________,
a new term
a three-year journey
a promising future
and the start of ___________________.
?
Fill in the blanks.
Lines 2-3
Para.1 -Introduction
1. What is senior high school life like?
Lines 5-7
Lead to a world full of ________
lead us to acquire ____ _ ___and enjoy ________________
Open the door to your ________
challenges
knowledge
personal growth
potential
Body Para.2
a new environment, new knowledge and new ways of thinking
potential
of potential
“What is potential?”
you may ask. Put simply, potential
is .
asking questions(设问)
your natural ability that can be developed when
you try hard enough.
definition
Para.3
Body Para. 3-5
potential
of potential
to realize potential
make the most of
.
“What is potential?” you may ask. Put simply, potential is .
asking questions(设问)
your natural ability that can be developed when
you try hard enough.
definition
ways
school resources
Para.3
Para.4-5
Body Para. 3-5
Of equal importance are
,
useful skills and a
.
good study habits
positive attitude
potential
of potential
to realize potential
make the most of
.
“What is potential?” you may ask. Put simply, potential is .
asking questions(设问)
take advantages of your classes, learn from your and make use of our school facilities.
There are also a lot of for you.
your natural ability that can be developed when
you try hard enough.
definition
ways
school resources
teachers and classmates
school activities
Para.3
Para.4-5
Body Para. 3-5
potential
of potential
to realize potential
“What is potential?” you may ask. Put simply, potential is .
asking questions(设问)
Of equal importance are
,
useful skills and a
.
plan your study, set clear goals and __________ your schoolwork with other activities.
improve the necessary
skills.
look on the bright side and never lose hope in hard situations.
your natural ability that can be developed when
you try hard enough.
definition
ways
good study habits
positive attitude
balance
communication
and problem-solving
Para.3
Para.4-5
Body Para. 3-5
1. According to principle, what should the students do to realize... ?
Make a continuous effort to train their mind and develop their character.
Be responsible for realizing your great potential.
Be confident, do your best and make us proud!
2. How does the principal make his blessing more convincing?
As Lao-Tzu wisely said, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
Quotation(引用)
Tip 3
A good speech uses quotations, questions and rhetorical devices as metaphor, parallel sructure to keep the audience interested.
Lines 32-35
Lines 31-32
Para.6-Conclusion
Para. 1: Today is the start of a new term, the start of a three-year journey and the start of a promising future.
Para. 6. As Lao-Tzu wisely said, “ A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
Para. 2: Most importantly, your time and effort at senior high school will open the door to your potential.
Para. 3: “ What is potential?” you may ask.
parallelism
metaphor
asking questions
quotation
A3 What techniques does the principal use?
特殊句式
Of equal importance are good study habits, useful skills and a positive attitude. (L25)
介词短语表地点概念,放在句首时,用完全倒装
树下有两个老人。
Under the tree are two old men .
山顶上立着一颗大树。
On the top of the mountain stands a big tree .
常见的完全倒装的情况有:
1.?用于 there be 句型,此时be 还可以换为appear/ seem/ live/ exist/ stand/ lie/ remain/ come/ go/ enter/ follow/ occur/ rise等 。
There are many students in the classroom.
There?stands?a?tall?tree?at?the?top?of?the?hill.?
2. 以副词here, there, now, then等开头的句子,谓语动词是 be, come, go, run, be等动词,且主语是名词时,用全部倒装。
如:Here is your book.
There goes the bell.
Then came the dog.
3. 表示运动方向的副词out, in, up, down, off, back等置于句首,谓语动词是come, go, follow, rush, run等表示运动的不及物动词,且主语为名词时。如:
Out rush a boy and a dog.
The bird flew away.
A boy and a dog rush out.
4.?表示地点的介词短语位于句首且主语为名词,谓语动词为be, stand, lie, hang, come, walk, sit等时。如:
A dog lies in the distance.
In front of the building stands a big tree.
In the diatance lies a dog.
Practice:
A big tree stands in front of the building.
Compare the sentences.
Here it comes.
注意:如果主语是
人称代词
则不用倒装。
Away went they.
Away they went.
×
翻译:汽车来了。
Here comes the bus.
翻译: 它来了。
5.?作表语的形容词、分词或介词短语位于句首且主语为名词时,要用“表语+连系动词+主语”结构。如:
Wild flowers are growing all over the mountain .
How can we realize our potential ?
Discussion
modest
outgoing
patient
determined
responsible
optimistic
courageous
passionate
delighted
confident
intelligent
diligent
学法 P13
B2
We can form adjectives by adding suffixes to nouns or verbs. Sometimes we need to leave out or change the final letter(s) of a word before adding a suffix,e.g. centre→central, decide→decisive
{5C22544A-7EE6-4342-B048-85BDC9FD1C3A}Parts of speech
Suffixes
Words
Nouns
-ful
-less
-al
useful, careful, fearful, delightful,
colorful, meaningful, wonderful...
endless, careless, fearless, limitless,
colorless, useless, worthless, thankless...
natural, practical, national, political, personal, traditional, environmental...
{5C22544A-7EE6-4342-B048-85BDC9FD1C3A}Parts of speech
Suffixes
Words
Verbs
-ive
-ous
active, creative, motivative, attractive, protective, relative, alternative, representative...
continuous, envious, various...
Thank you
4. What do you like most about your new school?
□ the campus
□ your teacher
□ your classmates
□ its traditions
□ its facilities
□ other _______
校园
传统
设施
Lead-in
Senior High
School
dream
challenge
teacher
knowledge
happiness
sadness
activity
success
Body
Para.2
-Para.5
Definition of potential
Ways to realize potential
Importance of senior high school
Lead to a world full of ________
lead us to acquire ________
and enjoy ________________
Open the door to your ________
Potential is your ________ ________ that can be developed
when you try hard enough
Make the most of ________ ________
Good study habits, useful skills and _____________
are equally important.
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4-5
challenges
knowledge
personal growth
potential
natural
ability
school
resources
a positive attitude
potential
of potential
to realize potential
make the most of
.
“What is potential?” you may ask. Put simply, potential is .
asking questions(设问)
Of equal importance are
,
useful skills and a
.
take advantages of your classes, learn from your and make use of our school facilities.
There are also a lot of for you.
plan your study, set clear goals and __________ your schoolwork with other activities.
improve the necessary
skills.
look on the bright side and never lose hope in hard situations.
your natural ability that can be developed when
you try hard enough.
definition
ways
school resources
teachers and classmates
school activities
good study habits
positive attitude
balance
communication
and problem-solving
Para.3
Para.4-5
Body Para. 3-5
Summary
A foreign friend Jack asked about the principal's speech. Please summarize it in your own words.
Our principal, Mr Xu, gave us new senior high school students a speech on the first day. He described . Faced with challenges, we should take it as a chance to .Then, he told us that potential is . He advised us to in order to grow into a all-round person. Besides, we should because we are accountable for realizing our potential on our own.
our senior high school life
an ability that can be improved if we work hard.
make full use of school facilities and have good learning habits, skills positive attitude.
continue to develop our mind and personality
acquire great knowledge and enjoy personal growth
2. Do you think senior high school is different from junior high school?
2. How can you adapt to senior high school?